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Sam Smith, Ethan Hawke, Caroline Flack and Pasha Kovalev

Chris plays tinsel-tastic tunes and gets the festive feeling going with special guests: Ethan Hawke, Caroline Flack, Pasha Kovalev and Sam Smith, who plays live in the studio.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Thu 18 Dec 2014 06:30
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Music Played

  • Adam Ant

    Goody Two Shoes

    • Wave Party (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.
    • 15.

  • Band Aid 30

    Do They Know It's Christmas? (2014)

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.

  • The Beatles

    Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

    • The White Album.
    • Parlophone.
    • 4.

  • Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga

    It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 001.

  • Chet Baker

    Everything Happens to Me

  • Coldplay

    Christmas Lights

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

  • Nat King Cole

    The Christmas Song

    • That's Christmas (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • The Communards

    Never Can Say Goodbye

    • Now That's What I Call Music 1987.
    • Now.

  • Roger Daltrey & Wilko Johnson

    Muskrat

    • Going Back 麻豆约拍 Special Deluxe Edition.
    • Chess Records.
    • 2.

  • The Darkness

    Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Gloria Gaynor

    I Am What I Am

    • Gloria Gaynor.
    • Gold Box.

  • Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott

    Real Hope

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI Records.
    • 001.

  • Eartha Kitt

    Santa Baby

    • The Best Christmas Album In The World.
    • Virgin.

  • Morecambe & Wise

    Bring Me Sunshine

    • Summer Holiday (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music.

  • Tom Odell

    Real Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Pet Shop Boys

    It's A Sin

    • Pet Shop Boys - Discography.
    • EMI.

  • The Pogues

    Fairytale Of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl)

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Music UK.

  • Gregory Porter

    A Cradle In Bethlehem (Radio 2 Session, 12 Dec 2014)

    • The Christmas Song.
    • Capitol.

  • Taylor Swift

    Blank Space

    • (CD Single).
    • Big Machine Records.
    • 1.

  • The Weather Girls

    It's Raining Men

    • Success.
    • Cherry Pop.
    • 13.

  • Wham!

    Last Christmas

    • That's Christmas (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

From comedian & writer Paul Kerensa:

When I鈥檓 not pausing, or having thoughts, I鈥檓 writing for sitcoms like 鈥楴ot Going Out鈥� (Christmas Eve 麻豆约拍1, glimpse my half-second cameo near the end), and 鈥楳iranda鈥� (Christmas Day and New Year鈥檚 Day). Both series end this Christmas, and for Miranda at least, it ends forever. Its fans will be gutted 鈥� I certainly am. But bear with 鈥� we鈥檝e got what-I-call 鈥渁 good send-off鈥� for the show.

It debuted seven years ago on, in fact, Radio 2 鈥� so thanks Radio 2 for giving Miranda a push! Till she promptly fell over. Since then I鈥檝e lobbed lines into each episode, and even popped up as a customer. It鈥檚 been 鈥榮uch fun鈥� to be part of the lovely team, in a show everyone can watch 鈥� even if Dad may be itching to switch to Top Gear, sorry Dad.

Every week, teenagers tell me Miranda speaks to them. I don鈥檛 know how they spot me as an anonymous co-writer 鈥� must be the way I talk to fruit friends, or pratfall over cardboard boxes.

The show says to the ungainly that it鈥檚 ok to clumsily not 鈥榝it in鈥�, or publicly embarrass yourself. And it asks at regular intervals, 鈥淲hat have you done today to make you feel proud?鈥�

Now it ends, it鈥檚 for me a season of life: seven years on a fun joyous show. Like all of life鈥檚 seasons, it鈥檚 fleeting when viewed from this end of it 鈥� something perfectly shown, may I add, in Ethan Hawke鈥檚 brilliant films, from Before Sunrise to Boyhood.

The good book says, 鈥淭here鈥檚 a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven.鈥� 鈥淎 time to plant, and a time to uproot.鈥� Well now it鈥檚 time for Miranda to uproot. And good news for clumsy young folk: There鈥檚 a time to fit in and a time not to, a time to embarrass yourself and a time to be accepted... and that 鈥渟pot o鈥檛ime鈥� will come. Awkwardness is often fleeting. And even if not, if you embarrass yourself at Christmas dinner or get your dress caught in a taxi door, may we all embrace the awkwardness and celebrate the different! Once we鈥檝e covered up.

And thanks Radio 2 for starting the show off. May I clumsily awkwardly say, it鈥檚 been 鈥榮uch fun鈥�.

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